The family did not go home, but went to the largest photo studio in the county.
"Comrades, are you here to take a family photo?" a middle-aged man who happened to be standing at the door said after seeing it.
"Yes! Can we take pictures now?" Zeng Yike asked the middle-aged man.
"Of course you can, but my little apprentice has gone home for dinner. If you want to take a family photo, you should find an outsider to take it with you, or you should have one less person." The middle-aged man looked at Zeng Yike and said.
"We're taking a family photo, why do we need others to take photos with us? That would be so awkward! You can just take the photos for us like this." Zeng Yike didn't quite understand what the middle-aged man said and was even a little speechless.
"There are rules here. Anyway, I won't take a picture of you all as a family. If you want to take a picture, find someone else." The middle-aged man also had a temper. After hearing what Zeng Yike said, he turned around and went back to the counter and started wiping it.
Zhao Jianguo saw this and said, "Mom, it's not that they don't let us take pictures. They took family pictures for people before, but God is jealous, and anything that happens to a neatly-assembled family will be a problem."
"It is impossible to become a spirit after the founding of the People's Republic of China. There is no such strange thing. This is all feudal superstition." Zeng Yike said angrily.
"Oh! Now you know it! Decades ago, when I was taking photos for someone, their daughter was lost. A few years ago, that photo studio on the street was taking a family portrait, and the whole family fell to their deaths." The middle-aged man immediately retorted when he heard Zeng Yike didn't believe it.
Zeng Yike and Chen Yitang looked at each other. They had both heard something unusual in the story. Wasn't it their family that lost their daughter while taking photos decades ago? It was just before their daughter's third birthday, and the child was lost a few days after the family photo was taken.
"Oh! So many people! Let's wait in line first!" Liang held his daughter in his arms, and Yu Qian walked beside him. A family of three walked in.
"Old Liang, you came at the right time. Let's take a family photo. Lend me your daughter for a while, and I'll lend you my son later." Zhao Jianguo looked at Liang Huai and said with a smile.
Liang Huai also knew the rumors outside, so he handed Liang Fanyue to Zhao Jianguo: "Remember to lend me your son later."
"Don't worry, what's our relationship?" Zhao Jianguo agreed directly. He turned to the middle-aged man and said, "Hello, comrade, can we take a family photo now?"
"Okay, come in with me!" The middle-aged man put down the tablecloth and walked into the small room step by step.
As soon as he entered the room, he turned on a light, and it was as bright as day.
"Just sit over there and find a seat for yourself. Sit wherever you want. Tell me when you're ready and I'll take a picture of you." The middle-aged man pointed to a seat and said to Zhao Jianguo and the others.
Chen Yitang was holding Goudan in his arms, Zeng Yike was sitting in the front with Liang Fanyue, and Zhao Jianguo and Zeng Wenjuan were standing in the back.
"We are ready. We can take pictures." Chen Yintang said to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man saw that they were so far away and said to them: "Come closer. The two comrades in front, lean together. The two young people in the back should also get closer. This family should take a family photo, so of course it should show the happiest moment."
After hearing what the middle-aged man said, they all did as he said. Zhao Jianguo took a step closer to Zeng Wenjuan and secretly put his hand around Zeng Wenjuan's waist.
Zeng Wenjuan felt Zhao Jianguo's hand and she looked at him. At this moment, Zhao Jianguo also looked at Zeng Wenjuan and smiled. The middle-aged man pressed the shutter at this moment and froze the photo.
"The photo is ready, next one." The middle-aged man shouted towards the door.
Liang Huai and Yu Qian walked in. Yu Qian reached out her hand to take Liang Fanyue, but she dodged: "Play with...brother..."
"You little girl only knows how to play. Your mother doesn't want you anymore." Yu Qian pretended to be angry and pinched Liang Fanyue's ear gently.
Liang Huai stretched out his hand and said to Liang Fanyue: "We will take another photo with your brother Goudan later. Come... let daddy hug you."
Liang Fanyue was a little bit unconvinced, but when she saw Yu Qian had already hugged Goudan, she reached out to Liang Huai: "Daddy... hug."
"Lao Liang, I think we should just arrange a marriage for the two children. See how much your daughter likes my son Goudan." Zhao Jianguo joked as he stood nearby.
"Don't talk nonsense, my daughter is still young. If you say such things again, we will not even be brothers anymore." Liang Huai was already heartbroken at the thought of his daughter getting married in more than 20 years, and now someone wanted to marry her 20 years in advance, which made him even more angry.
"You can't even be joking. Go in and take pictures quickly. Don't waste the master's time." Zhao Jianguo said this when he saw that Liang Huai was really angry.
After the two families had taken the photos and paid, the middle-aged man wrote out the receipt and said to the two families: "I have a lot of photos. It will take three days to develop them. Come back and get them in three days!"
"Okay, then we'll leave first." Chen Yintang said after taking the receipt.
After leaving the photo studio, Zhao Jianguo looked at Liang Huai and said, "The sun is at noon, I will invite you and your family to have a meal at the state-owned restaurant."
Liang Huai still remembered that Zhao Jianguo said he wanted to arrange a marriage for the two families. He rejected Zhao Jianguo's proposal directly: "No, we are just going to visit a relative. Let's wait for a chance later."
"Hey, you still hold a grudge. That just saves me the money for a meal." Zhao Jianguo pointed at Liang Huai and said with some amusement.
Liang Huai ignored Zhao Jianguo and left with Liang Fanyue and Yu Qian.
"Hey, tell me what you are talking about. You are still young, what can you see? It's just that children like to play together." Zeng Wenjuan slapped Zhao Jianguo in annoyance.
"Just now I saw that Goudan and that little girl are quite a good match." The main reason is that Zhao Jianguo is also a daughter slave. He is also envious of other people's girls, because he doesn't have one yet.
Chen Yitang held Goudan in his arms and asked, "Goudan, what do you want to eat for lunch? Grandpa will treat you."
"Goudan can eat whatever grandpa wants to eat." Goudan said sweetly even though he himself didn't know what he wanted to eat.
"Hahaha, you're really a good grandson of grandpa. Then grandpa will take you to the state-owned restaurant to taste our special food." Chen Yintang held Goudan and walked straight forward.
After the family arrived at the state-owned restaurant, Zeng Wenjuan and her friends went to reserve seats first, while Chen Yitang went to the ordering window.
"I want a bowl of rice, a three-cup chicken, a meatball, a fried yellow glutinous rice cake, and a fried bacon with mugwort."
"Okay, comrade. Here is your bill... After you pay, we will start cooking for you." The waiter of the state-owned restaurant handed the menu to Chen Yitang and said.
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